Standard
See also: standard
English
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
Standard
- (science fiction, fantasy) Denoting the name of a universal language in various works.
- Synonym: Common
- 1996, Joan D. Vinge, Dreamfall, New York, N.Y.: Warner Books, →ISBN, page 150:
- "I felt that I had to come," she said, as if she could tell from my face that I still wasn't getting it. She spoke Standard, with no real accent. She was dressed in pragmatic, sexless human clothes; if we hadn't been face-to-face, she could have passed for a human.
See also
References
- Jesse Sheidlower, editor (2001–2025), “Standard, n.”, in Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction.
German
Etymology
19th century, borrowed from English standard.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃtandart/, [ˈʃtan.daʁt], [-daɐ̯t], [-daːt], (archaic) /ˈstandart/
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- IPA(key): /ˈstandaʁt/, [-daɐ̯t] (Austria)
- Hyphenation: Stan‧dard
Noun
Standard m (strong, genitive Standards, plural Standards)
- standard
- Synonyms: Norm, Maßstab, Richtlinie, Größenvorschrift
Declension
Declension of Standard [masculine, strong]
Hyponyms
- Industriestandard, Lebensstandard
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
- “Standard” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Standard” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Standard” in Duden online
- Standard on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de